[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters find 13 space rocks in Grimsby

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:23:02 -0800
Message-ID: <93aaac890911302323t355e598duc3bcc18f312964bb_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hola All,
I did a little sleuthing and turned up a photo of one of the newer
finds on the following page:

http://www.physics.uwo.ca/news-events/

For a direct link to the larger size, click here:

http://www.physics.uwo.ca/images/grimsby-fireball-09/recovered-frag1-600.jpg

I'd say ~15g, give or take - it's hard to guess because I don't know
exactly how large that coin is.
Regards,
Jason



On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>
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> ARTICLE SOURCE:
> http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2199710
>
> Meteorite hunters now have a baker's dozen of space rocks that rained down
> on Grimsby two months ago.
>
> But the scientist leading the University of Western Ontario's search
> believes there are still plenty of out-of-this-world stones that have yet to
> be recovered.
>
> "It's nothing to sneeze at," planetary scientist Phil McCausland said
> Monday, describing the meteorite haul to date.
>
> "There's actually still quite a lot of mass out there. It's just difficult
> to find."
>
> The fireball that broke apart and crash landed in Grimsby was first picked
> up Sept. 25 by cameras operated by Western's physics and astronomy
> department.
>
> Astronomers at the London, Ont., university traced the 4.6-billion-year-old
> meteor's path and narrowed their search to a 10-to 12-kilometre area on the
> west side of Grimsby.
>
> The 13 fragments collected so far were all found beneath the escarpment on
> the border area of Grimsby and Winona.
>
> The first piece was found after it smashed the windshield of a Grimsby
> family's SUV.
>
> The stones range from very tiny ? about one gram ? to the size of a golf
> ball. The largest weighs 69 grams.
>
> But McCausland said the larger meteorite pieces, which would have carried
> farther, are expected to be found above the escarpment.
>
> Search parties organized by the university spent many days scouring the area
> over the past two months, but came up empty-handed each time.
>
> The hunt was made difficult by forest that runs along the brow of the
> escarpment, plus crops that remained in farmers' fields until recently,
> McCausland said.
>
> "We expect this fall to have produced several kilograms of material. So far
> we've got less than 200 grams."
>
> Three of the stones were found by local residents, two were spotted by
> meteorite collectors from the U.S. and the remainder were gathered by
> McCausland's hunters.
>
> "They took a long journey to get here. It was really fun to pick them up and
> find them," said McCausland, who has two of the finds to his name.
>
> Under Canadian laws, meteorites become the property of the landowner where
> they are discovered.
>
> McCausland said the university has all but one of the rocks on loan for
> research and is trying to negotiate to keep a few of them with their owners.
>
> The university isn't planning any more organized searches until possibly the
> spring.
>
> In all likelihood, residents living in the area of the meteorite fall will
> be the ones who find more of the rocks, McCausland said.
>
> To help people know what they're looking at, the university is planning to
> hold a meteorite identification clinic at the Grimsby museum within the next
> couple of weeks. A date hasn't yet been finalized.
>
> "I'm certain that there are more sitting out there right now that people may
> have picked up and don't necessarily recognize," McCausland said.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Enjoy...
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
>
>
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